Our ideal vision for a farm bill promotes nutrition and health, addressing nutrition security by improving the food environment to increase access to healthy food, investing in nutrition research, and strengthening nutrition education. The following document details high-level recommendations developed by the National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity (NANA) coalition for ensuring that the 2026 farm bill truly supports health and well-being.
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Most of us eat enough protein, but that doesn’t stop the food industry from tossing in extra. Here are 6 protein junk foods and 4 healthy protein-boosted foods.
A regular update on emerging federal vaccine issues. On Feb. 4, 2026, this list—drawn from news reports and other information—ranks the most significant changes to vaccination policy, with brief commentary from the editors.
VaccinesPeter Lurie, MD, MPH, Sarah Despres, Josh Rising, MD, MPH, Joshua M. Sharfstein, MD
As over 200 members of the medical and research community, we are deeply concerned that the advice in the recently released 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans is, at best, confusing, and, at worst, harmful to public health. By rejecting the majority of evidence-based recommendations from the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, we believe the document falls short of its legal mandate — from the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-445) — for the Guidelines to be based on “the preponderance of the scientific and medical knowledge which is current at the time the report is prepared." This DGA process also does not comply with President Trump’s May 2025 Executive Order No. 14303, “Restoring Gold Standard Science.”
Here's which plant-based milks from major brands are higher in protein and fortified with enough calcium, vitamin D, and vitamin B-12 to match dairy milk.
Losing USDA's HFSSM leaves policymakers, researchers, and advocates without access to the only comprehensive tool for assessing national food security trends.
Government AccountabilityKaitlyn Harper, Lanae Hood, PhD
